Yesterday we held our Sharen lunch with five friends attending, to wit Garda, Elisabeth, Karin and Paul, and myself. It was a good event and afterwards Paul, Karin and I reminisced recalling our many memories of Sharen from our visits and conversations with her.

For myself, I can count back to the Fall of 2003, when Sharen and I started our friendship by meeting at the Second Cup on 14th street and 15th Ave SW. We also met at the Good Earth many times, but as walking became more difficult that became Phil’s most of the time.

Then, in the Fall of 2009, Sharen had to go into a home in Bridgeland. There I would pick her up and would go to the Heartland Café, which has disappeared now. On the way back from there I’d often tour through the various tree lined streets and we would watch those trees tell their tales of the seasons.

One favourite line of Sharen was “It won’t be long for the snow flies”, as early as late September. This must have been a saying from her youth in Standard. It certainly could not have come from her many years in Hemet California!

That was her most dearly held home place, living ‘on’ the dessert - as she called that - with her husband Lester. After his passing she turned to family back in Canada, where she arrived, after about forty years in 1999. There she lived in Calgary, close to her sisters until her time came in early March 2014 at the age of 101!

I wish her well wherever she roams, but I know that wishing her a ’rest in peace’ would ‘crimp her style’ as she would say at times.

I wish her well wherever she roams, but I know that wishing her a ’rest in peace’ would ‘crimp her style’ as she would say at times. With the memories recalled, we went our own ways after that lunch and being thankful that Sharen had been such a bright light in our own lives for so long. Thank you Sharen!

At the around 2:30pm I stopped by at Juliet’s. We added about one typed page to her story about growing up in ‘The Raj’ and India later. The transcription took till about 4:30pm, which made it time for dinner. We had a short chat afterwards as Juliet was tired from her appointments of the day before.

Kumare is a thought provoking tale in which the true message of this pretending prophet is ‘Become your own guru!’.

I got home at about six pm and at seven watched the DVD movie ‘Kumare’ subtitled ‘The true story of a false prophet’. It is a thought provoking tale in which the true message of this pretending prophet is ‘Become your own guru!’. I may renew this borrowed movie and watch it at least one more time.
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